MANILA, Philippines — A historic religious idol in a cathedral in Masbate lost its head and hands, made of ivory, to thieves.
The icon named after St. Anthony Padua, patron saint for missing and stolen items had been in the church for the last 40 years.
Masbate Bishop Joel Baylon said the theft of the parts of the two-foot tall figure of the Immaculate Conception was discovered during the second morning mass on Sunday at the St. Anthony De Padua Cathedral in Masbate City.
Baylon said the thieves must have taken advantage of …

The Washington Wizards fired coach Eddie Jordan after opening the season 1-10 without injured starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood. According to sources, Ed Tapscott now runs the team.
Why would the Wizards fire their coach 11 games into the season? It’s not Jordan’s fault the Wizards suffered major injuries. The pressure was great but was not fair in this case.
Eddie Jordan is an exceptional coach who did the best he possibly could with less-than-stellar talent.
Jordan was in his sixth season with the Wizards and led the team to the playoffs …

Barack Obama is taking another Chicagoan to Washington D.C.
Desiree Rogers, a friend of the Obamas’ will serve as White House social secretary, leaving her current job at Allstate Financial, a unit of the Northbrook-based insurance firm, where she is president of social networking.
She would be the first African-American to hold the post.
She will be the decider on who gets to come to White House parties, State dinners and other gatherings.
“Desiree is a heavy hitter — she comes with her own range of contacts from around the country,” Valerie Jarrett, a …

If you want to put your life on the line to experience the heavenly taste of fat food, all you have to do is travel to Chandler, Arizona, where Heart-Attack Grill is located.

But this theme restaurant is making health-care professionals’ blood pressure rise, and not because of the menu.

It is because of the waitresses’ naughty nurse uniforms.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Explosions rocked Baghdad’s heavily guarded Green Zone on Monday, killing 19 people two days before parliament was to vote on a military pact that would allow US forces to remain in the country for up to three more years.
The noise of the explosion echoed across central Baghdad and a pall of black smoke rose above the site.
The Green Zone houses Iraq’s parliament and some government offices and foreign embassies. The roughly 10 square km area is situated on the west bank of the Tigris River which bisects …

Kanye West received his first-ever American Music Awards and delivered a stellar performance of his new single, “Heartless.”

Those who performed include Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Natasha Bedingfield, Coldplay, The Fray, Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys, Annie Lennox, Leona Lewis, Ne-Yo, New Kids on the Block, Pink, Pussycat Dolls, Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Rihanna.

Here is a look at ‘The 10 Sexiest Vampires of All-Time.’

Lindsay Lohan is back drinking again. Inside Edition secured some surveillance video of her at Lotus nightclub in Washington DC.

Lohan was caught last week sneaking Gray Goose Vodka into a glass, and mixing it with Red Bull. After a 45-day rehab program last year Lindsay was suppose to be off the booze, but she and Samantha Ronson were fighting a lot lately and it seems that heartache has caught up with Lindsay and she relapsed back into her old habits.
The same evening as she was caught drinking, Lohan made an …

Scarlett Johansson is the December 2008 cover girl for Allure magazine.

In the December issue Scarlett talks about Lindsay Lohan, Woody Allen and the meaning of her tattoo.

She also tells the mag that she’s flattered by Katy Perry writing her hit song “I Kissed a Girl” about her.

Interested fans are being asked to visit DrPepper.com on Nov. 23, the day “Chinese Democracy” is released in the U.S., for a free soda.
In March of 2008, Dr. Pepper bet everyone in America a free drink that Guns N’ Roses couldn’t release its much awaited album by the end of 2008. Now Axl Rose and the American public have won the stake.
After registering online, fans will get a coupon valid for a 20-oz. Dr Pepper wherever the drink is sold.
Unfortunately, www.drpepper.com servers are down because of heavy traffic.
The Dr. Pepper …